Cottage Grove woman accused of embezzling from local dealership

A former employee of Main Motors, Anoka, has been accused in Anoka County District Court of embezzling close to $200,000 from the auto dealership.

Vickie Alyn Dreyer, 60, Cottage Grove, is due back in court Jan. 2 on felony theft by swindle in excess of $35,000 and felony theft by diverting corporate property charges.

At her arraignment Nov. 29, Dreyer was released on her own recognizance.

The alleged offenses took place between March 2009 and Jan. 31, 2012 when Dreyer was Main Motors’ comptroller and general manager, responsible for all financial matters, including signing checks.

According to the complaint, Main Motors owners became concerned when Dreyer did not show up for work in February 2012 to sign some checks and they learned that she had been gambling heavily at an area casino.

The owners found the dealership’s financial statements not to be in line and spoke to Dreyer about the discrepancies.

She allegedly admitted she had opened a personal debit card on the Main Motors account, but planned to pay back the money she had taken from the account.

Main Motors hired an investigator to conduct an audit, which found that between March 2009 and the end of January 2012, Dreyer had allegedly used the debit card several times at an ATM at Treasure Island Casino to withdraw a total of $80,250 from the Main Motors account.

In addition, she had allegedly used the Main Motors account to write personal checks to herself in the amount of $136,000, not including her salary and bonuses.

According to the complaint, Dreyer has paid back $26,406 leaving $189,810 unaccounted for.